I always assumed he meant standards are accepted by industry even before
the standards are cooked. For example, there are a number of vendors
that have either announced or shipped products based on XQuery even
though it hasn't even reached PR or CR status let alone being a done
deal (aka a W3C recommendation).
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Jelliffe [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:10 PM
> To:
>
> From: "Dare Obasanjo" <>
>
>
> > One of the best articles about standards I've seen is the
> one by James
> > Gosling at
>
> > http://java.sun.com/people/jag/StandardsPhases/index.html
>
> It would be interesting to know what he means by
>
> "Even worse, standards are getting accepted before they
> are even written,
> which is a truly ridiculous situation. "
>
> That one sounds like a load of crap, at least as far as any
> of the standards processes I have seen. I would say the
> problem is special interests using standards bodies to block
> standards that might expose them to liability or cost.
>
> Cheers
> Rick Jelliffe
>
>
>
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